Environmental protection - EU
Enters into force - 22 February 2017
Regulation (EU) 2017/172 updates requirements on the export, processing and origin of specified animal by-products (ABPs). New rules must be met to export processed manure, organic fertilisers, compost or digestion residues from biogas transformation. Alternative treatment methods approved by each country may now be used prior to processing to biogas or compost, provided pathogens are subject to an equivalent level of control. Requirements on the reprocessing of certain non-conforming digestion residues or compost are revised. Further, Petfood may only come from countries outside the EU or European Economic Area (third countries) that are listed under Annex II to Decision 2006/766/EC.